In the Name of the Father
ROBYN LOUW: So does the funding really not match the return, or are we perhaps punishing the (brain) child for the deeds of the father?
23rd May 2012
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ROBYN LOUW: So does the funding really not match the return, or are we perhaps punishing the (brain) child for the deeds of the father?
ROBYN LOUW: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. The book is described by its late author as a “thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time-travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic”.All of which are highly entertaining, but not really relevant to racing. Or are they….
ROBYN LOUW: There is a biblical expression that “A prophet is honoured everywhere except in his own hometown” and the South African racing fraternity is particularly prone to this particular foible.
ROBYN LOUW: Champions Weekend threw up a number of upsets and seemingly inexplicable results that will no doubt have trainers and connections scratching their heads.
ROBYN LOUW: You can’t rationalise the Grand National and everyone who is involved with horses knows and accepts that it’s a dangerous occupation
ROBYN LOUW: Why should we be rewarding what are essentially medicated cripples? Our views and priorities become seriously skewed when it’s only the results that count.
ROBYN LOUW: What does it feel like to have a winner? Amazing. Incredible. Indescribable. It is a feeling quite unlike any other.
ROBYN LOUW: You will probably find me back here again next week. Despite the pain, the frustration, the headache and the heartache. Why ? Because that’s strength of the addiction.
The highly anticipated first race on the revamped Hollywoodbets Greyville polytrack on Wednesday was well received by stakeholders, but was not without its drama
Cape lightweight Morne Winnaar has come a long way since being plucked from near ignominy by former Cape champion trainer Joey Ramsden over twenty years ago
The Rafeef purple patch continued in the 2025 Champions Season opener at Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday with another crackerjack performer in the shape of Mon Petit Cherie who won the World Sports Betting Gr2 Fillies Guineas
A Transkei-born horseman who started as a Groom, the groundbreaking Lunga learnt the ropes from top men like Mitch Wiese, Glen Kotzen and Kumaran Naidoo
